Overview
- Berlinale Specials adds the international premiere of Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York and European bows for Padraic McKinley’s The Weight and Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.
- World premieres include Ulrike Ottinger’s The Blood Countess starring Isabelle Huppert with a script co-written by Elfriede Jelinek, Teodora Ana Mihai’s Heysel 85, Edwin’s Sleep No More and Natalie Erika James’ Saccharine.
- Panorama welcomes Aidan Zamiri’s The Moment featuring Charli XCX in a mockumentary framed as a commentary on the music business.
- Nonfiction highlights feature Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’ Who Killed Alex Odeh? and the world premiere of Sam Dunn and Tom Morello’s The Ballad of Judas Priest.
- Berlin will host world premieres of series such as Marc Munden’s Lord of the Flies, Charlotte Regan’s Mint and a Chilean adaptation of The House of the Spirits, with the 76th Berlinale running Feb. 12–22.